Text tile

A text of its own, or a source’s value in words, such as a note or a device’s state.

In a dashboard file: "type": "text", with the options below. Every tile also has the fields under Every tile.

Example

A tile, as it goes in a screen’s tiles:

{
    "type": "text",
    "layout": { "x": 1, "y": 1, "width": 4, "height": 1 },
    "options": { "text": "Welcome home", "size": 28, "align": "left" }
}

It reads no data source.

Options

Field	Type	Default	What
text	text	""	Text. Shown where the tile reads no source.
source	data source name	primary	Reading. One of the tile’s data sources, by name, that gives a text, a number, on or off or a level. Its value instead of the text.
unit	text	""	Unit. Shown after a reading’s number, such as W or °C.
size	number, above 0	20	Text size. In pixels. A look option: a tile style can set it.
align	one of left, center (Centre), right	center	Alignment. Across. A look option: a tile style can set it.
valign	one of top, center (Middle), bottom	center	Vertical alignment. Up and down. A look option: a tile style can set it.
wrap	true or false	true	Word wrap. Off: each line stays one line, cut off at the edge. A look option: a tile style can set it.

Built-in styles

The styles the app offers for it, after “The dashboard’s style”. Style files says what they set.

• Centred
• Left aligned
• Compact
• Icon at the left